Holder for hinge-hung doors.



E. HEFFERNAN.

HOLDER Fon HINGE HuNG'nooRs. APPLICATION FILED OCT. I0. I9l7.

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EDWARD HEEEEENAN, 0E SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WAL'Es, AUsTEALIA.

'HOLDER Eon. HINGE-,Honor DooEs.

Application led October .10, 1917.' Serial No. 195,674.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD HEWERNAN,

subjectlof the King of Great Britain and Ireland, Vresiding at. 149 lElizabeth street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, haye invented new and usefulImprovements in Improved Holders for Hinge-Hung Doors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to holders of the friction grip type for retainingV hinged doors to the door frame. f

'In the accompanying drawing, Figure l' is a perspective view of the fitting showing the door to which it is fitted in a partially open position; Fig. 2 is a verticalV section through the friction grip device; Fig. 3 is a front elevational view of the saine, show- V ing the tongue in section held between the sof brake pads; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a modified form of the fitting adapted for railway carriage andY like doors, in which the door hinges are an integraly part of the holder structure; Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of the friction grip device forming part ofV the modified form of holder shown in Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a plan view of another form of holder in which the door hinge is an integral part of the holderV structure; Fig. 7 is a sectional plan of a combined hinge and Vholder in which theV friction grip device is secreted behind the hinge leaf and the door frame is recessed rearward of the friction grip device toroifer clearance'for thetongue movement; and Fig. 8 is an elevational view of an inverted type of friction grip device which mechanically is substan-v tially identical with the Fig. 3. Y

The grippers shown in Figs. 3 and 8 may be used indifferently in the structures shown in Figs. l, 6 and 7; in the last mentioned case (F ig. 7) the Fig. 8 type of gripper is preferred. y,

The tongue A is a light metal bar bent to a circular curve of which the door hinge structure shown in Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 25, 1919.

pintle is the center. When the door is required to swing 90O or thereabout, the butt end B oflthe tongue A is inbent as shown in Fig. l.V It is securedto the door frame C, (orto the door D, as the case may be) by screws inserted through a stubflange E.

Its outer end is stiffened by attachmentat la i to the door frame as in Fig. l', but is free in the Fig. 7 construction. In the type of construction shown inFigs. 4^ and 6 the outer end:` of the tongue A'is connected to aleaf of the hinge. In Fig.j4 lthis connection is by an arm F, projecting` from the hinge leaf G which carries the top endof the hinge pintle H. The lower end of the hinge pin-tle H is carried by the leaf J which is screwed to the butt edge of the door or to the door frame. The middle leaf K is screwedl to the door frame when the leaves Gfand J are attached to the door, and viceversa. f rfhis middle leaf K supports a pair of-arms L, curved to the same radius 'as the tongue A and spread at their endsand set apart to offer sufcient clearance for the tongue A to work freely between then. The friction grip device is carried in the loute end of this bifurcated bracket.

In the arrangement shown in Fig. 6, the stub flange M of the tongue A forms one of the hinge leaves, and in `this case the friction grip device O may be conveniently mounted on the other hinge leaf P.V

In the arrangement shown in Fig. 7,'the Y tongue A is of the free end type, with its stub flange Q forming one of the vhinge leaves. The other hinge leaf R forms a coverfor the recess S which is provided to offer working. clearance for the tongue A.

The friction grip device comprises two slices Z1 and c of metal, preferably fitted withl fork Yarms g which spring from thel fork bracket It which is screwed tothe door or A to the door frame as the case may be. The

lower shoe lugs f are intended to carry thek upbent ends of the curled wire spring 7c,

the curl Z of which bears downon the upperl shoe b, so that the spring operates to press" the VVshoes tightly toward each other with the object of tightly gripping the tongue A between them.

The gripper shown in v ina Fig. 8 differs only inV thatV the shoes and spring are set vin an inverted position in ever necessary to adapt it for use With the.

tongue and bracket shown in Fig. 4, but the modification is not in its essentials, but rather in its form. In this case the fork 'bracketis not used, its function being performed by the ends of the bracket, and the spring m is set vertically instead of horizontally, With its ends n pressing the tWo shoes o .and .22 toward each other so as to frictionally grip the tongue A'between the brake insert pieces d. rIhe shoes 0 and 7) are carried by studs t Which are a free lit for holes in the bracket ends, and by the back s of the spring Which sets in slots in the `bracket ends and in the shoe backs.

VIJVhat'I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis l. A closure holder comprising two members, one attac-,hable to a hinge hung closure and the other attachable to a closure frame; one of such members being a flat circularly curved metal bar forming a tongue, and the other of such members being a friction gripper consisting of tWo shoes adapted to embrace said tongue between them, a coiled Wire spring adapted to press said shoes to- Ward each other, and a forked bracket in Which the'shoe ends have a floatingfit.

2. A holder for hinged closures comprising a circularly curved tongue mountable by a stub' flange at one end upon :a closure frame, so thatfthe center of. the curve coincides Withthe :hinge pintle, and a gripper attachablevto the closure and comprising a forked bracket with two shoes floating therein and pressed toward each other so :as to' embrace the tongue by means of a coiled wire spring Which bears n the backs of said shoes.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name -to this specification inthe `rpresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

V'ILDVVARD I-IEFFEBNAN.

Copies of Athis patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Pat-ents, Washington, D. C. 

